Northern Province, Sri Lanka

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:province
gptkbp:area 8,884 km²
gptkbp:borders gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkb:Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka
gptkb:North_Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Jaffna
gptkbp:country gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:district gptkb:Mannar_District
gptkb:Jaffna_District
gptkb:Kilinochchi_District
gptkb:Mullaitivu_District
gptkb:Vavuniya_District
gptkbp:established 1833
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Sri_Lankan
gptkbp:famousFor gptkb:Casuarina_Beach
gptkb:Delft_Island
gptkb:Jaffna_Library
gptkb:Keerimalai_Springs
gptkb:Nagadeepa_Purana_Vihara
gptkb:Point_Pedro
gptkb:Nallur_Kandaswamy_Kovil
Hindu temples
gptkbp:featureType gptkb:Mannar_Island
gptkb:Jaffna_Peninsula
gptkb:Vanni_region
gptkbp:governor gptkb:P._S._M._Charles
gptkbp:hasCoastline gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Sri_Lankan_Civil_War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Northern Province, Sri Lanka
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code gptkb:LK-4
gptkbp:largestCity gptkb:Jaffna
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:mainRiver gptkb:Aruvi_Aru
gptkbp:notableCity gptkb:Jaffna
gptkb:Mannar
gptkb:Kilinochchi
gptkb:Mullaitivu
gptkb:Vavuniya
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Tamil
gptkb:Sinhala
gptkbp:population 1,246,000
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:C._V._Vigneswaran
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Hinduism
gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:restored 1987
gptkbp:timezone gptkb:Sri_Lanka_Standard_Time
gptkbp:website np.gov.lk
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sri_Lankan
gptkb:Sri_Lankan_Tamils
gptkb:Jaffna_Tamil
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5